Section 329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
329
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
329. Voluntarily causing grievous hurt to extort property, or to constrain to an illegal act
Whoever voluntarily causes grievous hurt for the purpose of extorting from the sufferer or from any person interested in the sufferer any property or valuable security, or of constraining the sufferer or any person interested in such sufferer to do anything that is illegal or which may facilitate the commission of an offence, shall be punished with 152[imprisonment for life], or imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.
